Thread: "A Fat Rant"
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Old 06-15-2007, 10:41 AM   #8
Flint
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I saw a show on PBS where this guy, a medical doctor, who was a triathlete and biked 10 miles every day as a part of his training regimen, was officially "overweight" ...he was shortish and weighed like 250 pounds, and it wasn't muscle mass either, it was chub.

He reasoned that his ancestors must have selected for extreme calorie retention as a result of surviving through famine.
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